Gun control likely a big issue in President Obama’s second term

MADISON (WITI) — The shooting in Texas on Tuesday, January 22nd is the latest incident fueling the national debate over guns. That debate is coming to Congress, and Capitol Hill is gearing up for its biggest fight over guns in 20 years.

“President Obama is exploiting this tragedy, to really put forward an amendment to limit people’s second amendment rights,” Johnson said.

Johnson says the executive orders President Obama signed restricting overseas sales and making mental health records more readily available — coupled with proposals to ban assault weapons and high-capacity clips amount to limits on liberty.

“The fact is when you look at the history of gun control, it hasn’t worked. From my standpoint freedom comes first,” Johnson said.

“The problem with an issue like gun control is you’ve got elected officials on both sides, who say I don’t care about public opinion. I don’t care about what happened in Connecticut or I don’t care about — use any other example. I know what my position is,” Lee said.

There has been no recent expansion of gun rights on the federal level, but the trend has been toward fewer restrictions on the state level, including Wisconsin. In 2011, the Wisconsin Legislature passed a law allowing concealed carry weapons.